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We all settled in well, and had a good night’s sleep. There was a good breakfast of cereals and scrambled egg on toast courtesy of the port watch. The first thing we did was learn how to hoist and unfurl the jib and mizzen sails from Mary, Mike and Matt. After several goes at this, we had “lanyard races” – which involved racing from stern to bow over certain obstacles whilst remaining safely clipped on to a line at all times. The starboard team won first, and then port thrashed them by winning three. After a delicious lunch of leek and potato soup and sandwiches, we took the dinghy out in watches. The starboard group’s voyage was pretty interesting! After everyone else steered the engine of the dinghy, Georgina Barrow was the last to steer. She mistook Matt’s advice and instead of slowing down; she sped up and did seven doughnuts! Matt promptly took charge of the engine but due to the unfortunate coincidence of a faulty bracket, he was horrified to see it fall overboard! So Georgi broke the engine. True story. Oops. From then on, everyone used the oars to steer. It took ages!
Later, Mary taught us all about knots. We learnt how to tie a: figure of eight, round turn and two half hitches, clove hitch and bowline. Lucy and several others mastered the art of tying a bowline with one hand. Later on, a brilliant smell of cookies wafted around. Cookies! Starboard cooked them. They were awesome. Matt raced Millie, Lucy, Hannah, Ragini, Rahannah and Alice with lanyard races. We all beat him. We had tea, and then relaxation followed. Books were taken out, ranging from RHCP to Titanic 2020. Hannah, however, turned to DIY and helped Mike fix the dinghy. We are about to have chocolate fondue (with fruits). Hannah is scouting for DIY jobs. Ragini is educating Charlotte in the Jonas Brothers.
Ragini and Hannah
P.S. Port: Ragini, Charlotte, Millie and Lucy
PP.S. Starboard: Alice, Georgina (dinghy-breaker!), Rahannah and Hannah (dinghy-fixer!)
We all settled in well, and had a good night’s sleep. There was a good breakfast of cereals and scrambled egg on toast courtesy of the port watch. The first thing we did was learn how to hoist and unfurl the jib and mizzen sails from Mary, Mike and Matt. After several goes at this, we had “lanyard races” – which involved racing from stern to bow over certain obstacles whilst remaining safely clipped on to a line at all times. The starboard team won first, and then port thrashed them by winning three. After a delicious lunch of leek and potato soup and sandwiches, we took the dinghy out in watches. The starboard group’s voyage was pretty interesting! After everyone else steered the engine of the dinghy, Georgina Barrow was the last to steer. She mistook Matt’s advice and instead of slowing down; she sped up and did seven doughnuts! Matt promptly took charge of the engine but due to the unfortunate coincidence of a faulty bracket, he was horrified to see it fall overboard! So Georgi broke the engine. True story. Oops. From then on, everyone used the oars to steer. It took ages!
Later, Mary taught us all about knots. We learnt how to tie a: figure of eight, round turn and two half hitches, clove hitch and bowline. Lucy and several others mastered the art of tying a bowline with one hand. Later on, a brilliant smell of cookies wafted around. Cookies! Starboard cooked them. They were awesome. Matt raced Millie, Lucy, Hannah, Ragini, Rahannah and Alice with lanyard races. We all beat him. We had tea, and then relaxation followed. Books were taken out, ranging from RHCP to Titanic 2020. Hannah, however, turned to DIY and helped Mike fix the dinghy. We are about to have chocolate fondue (with fruits). Hannah is scouting for DIY jobs. Ragini is educating Charlotte in the Jonas Brothers.
Ragini and Hannah
P.S. Port: Ragini, Charlotte, Millie and Lucy
PP.S. Starboard: Alice, Georgina (dinghy-breaker!), Rahannah and Hannah (dinghy-fixer!)
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